Europe Summer 2010 - Day 2

July 04, 2010

Day 2 – Lyon and Dijon

Saturday, woke up bright and early and checked out of the hotel. Packed everything into the car, and it was off to walk about! The weather that day was gorgeous – it was cool but the sun was shining, blue skies! Perfect for sightseeing.

beautiful river!

they have bicycles for rent there. the gang checks them out.

it's a scene we'll quickly get familiar with. closed shops :(

Cam whored a little on this beautiful day!

Elsie looking cheerful, but mute from her bad throat.

The sisters

We had pastries from an artisanal boulangerie first and it was yummeh. With a cuppa café crème. We realized that they don’t serve lattes in France. But it was top stuff, one of the best breakfasts we had in Europe.

Look at the selection of freshly baked bread. Who wants to go to Breadtalk after this???

i tried to order a quiche + dessert + cafe set in french. i think i failed, but got what i wanted.

other items that we shared!

SALIVATES. best. tart. ever.

the happy 6. (i am smiling behind the camera too!)

It was onwards to the Old Town after! I love walking there as the architecture’s so authentic! There was also a Saturday flea market happening in front of the cathedral.

Explored the rest of the old town, with the secret passageways, before climbing up the really high Basillica and the church.

It's really steep, groans. You can see the basillica from here.

Nice houses along the way

Halfway up, you can see the cathedral that was at the foot

And FINALLY! We reached the top.

There was a panoramic view of the entire Lyon city.

Took a lot of pictures of the church etc, but realised they looked quite similar to the one below, and are rather boring, so SKIP!

We had lemon sugar crepes as reward after coming down. (The guy behind is preparing a Nutella one, and yes he looks quite fierce.)

Felicia with hers.

Next up, we went grocery shopping to buy a picnic lunch in the Lyon park! Apparently one of the biggest urban parks in Europe, it boasts of a lake and acres of greenery. There was even a zoo but we didn't go. People were sunning themselves and we joined them on the grass with our grocery-bought baguettes, cheese, hams, salads, biscuits, ovomaltine spread, yogurt and a kebab. Very cool, I love picnics!

Then it is bye bye to QY’s friend, who was with us. She’s on her way to France while we continued on to Dijon. It was a beautiful scenic drive with the clouds forming picturesque views! And the vineyards with the baby grape plants got all of us so excited we stopped to take a closer look.

Dijon!

Windows XP Wallpaper, v.2. haha!

Super awesome cloud formations

Last cloud pic promise. haha.

Paying for toll

Saw something funny on the way and I managed to capture it! Half a house!

Baby grapes. Come August they will be delicious ones!

Reached the town of Dijon pretty late at 7, so everything else was pretty much closed. Went to the little little hotel room to place our stuff and out we go to search for dinner in the town square.

Quaint little town..

Found a place with my name in it! But we went to the restaurant beside and sat al fresco as the sun slowly descended.

This was our view as our seats were surrounding the plaza

Bro with his GPS. Planning.

He ordered an aperatif AND a wine.

My order - beef bourguignon that comes with some egg pasta!

I could taste the wine in it and it was quite nice, if not a tad too salty

Bro's cous cous with chicken, I think. Looks rather gross in the pic but its yummy, really.

Fe has never tried a beef tartare, so she was determined to order one! It came, gargantuan, and had mustard in it which she did not really eat. But it was quite interesting, the raw taste of beef with the wasabi-ish mustard... A bit like eating sashimi.

Close up of the RAWness.

Da's carbonara.

Elsie's salmon with veggies cooked in a plastic bag. haha.

The sun was slowly setting at TEN.

Yummy ice cream, salted caramel

Apple tart with ice cream, yum too!

View of the plaza as the sun finally decides to call it a day.

Awesome end to an awesome day. Back to the hotel we go!

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1) Isn't it Sunday when the shops are all closed?2) Did you do the stitch manually? There're free programs to correct differing tones and exposures!3) "She’s on her way to France" - ???4) Food in the plastic bag - might be sous-vide cooking5) Is your company paying for your classes?

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